Yeah that was the biggest problem with the idea, the fact that then you'd have to police the reviews, and that's pretty unwieldy and also lame. But the point is that participant reviews aren't incentivized in any way, so whether or not you get them is just luck of the draw. The other thought was ab...

It wasn't like, a competition-ending type problem for us though... Yeah, I guess not since YOU WON. But if it had been for sure 3 days to deliver or whatever, I probably would've been fine as solo act, but tbh as a group, Evermind and I probably would've washed out early too by missing a deadline. ...

A few negatives - The schedule being 9 days really was a challenge. It's difficult have a regular time for a listening party to promote within the 3-day judging window. A 9-day repeating window will cause that, but I get you wanted to shake things up. Yeah, I would love to know from the artists' pe...

Okay, thanks for the feedback.

I listened to the songs. I am the audience. I watched the competition. I am the audience. I participated as part of the audience. I would have submitted songs if it weren't at the same time as Spin Tunes. I bet you would have had 10 more submitters were it not at the same time as Spin Tunes. Great!...

Feedback from those who chose not to participate can be valuable as well, especially if that feedback directly relates to something that may have kept them from participating... I agree. I take issue with the phrase “cruel and a strange choice,” which I think can be applied equally to glennny’s post.

glennny wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 5:09 pm

Six is a good number of rounds, Spin Tunes at 4 is too few, and Nur Ein at 8 is too many. Some Songs 6 is just right for Goldie Locks.

I’m glad that felt perfect for you…as someone who didn’t participate.

1- Anonymous judges I don't like. I'd like to know who to write for. A lot of songwriting is knowing your audience. 2- Oblique Strategies are okay, but I like Nur Ein/ Spin Tunes challenges a lot more. 3- Running it at the same time as Spin Tunes was cruel, and such a strange choice. 4- 3 days of d...

Jefff wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 11:15 am

Glad we have the token glasses guy for a little diversity.

HAHAHA. Well, to be fair, we are all white guys. So I guess AI got the memo.

I think the depiction of Mr. White is a solid Sam icon. All business.

"Please, have a seat. I'm going to tell you what's wrong with your song."

Aciniform Artifice wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 7:10 am

Frankie, you're only saying that because yours looks like Hugh Laurie.

Yeah, I mean, it is a striking resemblance.

Yours is the least accurate. That's what you get for all the subterfuge!

HAHAHA. I won't say these are spot on, but they're pretty good. AI is terrfiying...

And I appeared to have put positive comments on the negative thread. Why is life so complicated? This gave me a good laugh - thanks. I also hate when the title and challenge are connected. We didn’t purposely try to avoid that (Hapless Avenue and Idiot Glee seem pretty complementary), but we also d...

More clarity on the results. I’m not sure this would be very satisfying for you. It will lead to more questions like “How could one judge say my lyrics were good and another judge say they were bad?!” I thought having a rubric/scoring sheet would lead to more uniformity among the judges, but it was...

I don't think the oblique strategies were a good fit. Some were better than others, but it seems like they're intended as guidance during a moment in the creative process and not something to build a song around. That’s an interesting point about the OS. They are, after all, intended to unstick a s...

GlennCase wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 10:30 am

To echo similar sentiments, thank you for putting this together!

Glenn, you guessed three out of the five judges!

Also, isn't there a sidefight tradition of the winners being judges the following year? Hmmm....

Sam, I found THREE JUDGES for 2025!

Tell us what you think can be improved!

Tell us what you liked about this competition!

Jefff wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2024 6:22 pm

Thanks for the listens and the time

Thanks for the great collection of songs! I really enjoyed your contributions.

Mr. Blonde is ... Frankie Big Face! Frankie Big Face has been hanging around SongFight off and on since 2001. He submits under the names Frankie Big Face, Mellified Man, Brainsocket, Puffy C and the Pig Face Baptist Choir, and maybe Juan Carlos de la Cueva Castianeda Oliveros. He is a two-time Nur ...

Results are posted!! It's over, everyone!!!

Jefff wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2024 5:08 pm

frankie big face wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:59 pm

Oh Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. That's what VPNs are for!

Do VPNs wake you up at 3 in the morning to post on song fight dot net?

Perhaps...